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thestealingofemily.co.uk @[email protected] · 2026-05-17 · 11:46 UTC

Sexed-Up Social Services Reports

There was an instruction chain. I found the written machinery!
But there are two different instructions:
1. The written instruction to build the electronic / integrated children’s system
This is evidenced.
A Leicester Council report from December 2006 states that the Department of Health and the Department for Education and Skills jointly established policy requirements for councils to introduce Electronic Social Care Records, and that DfES established the requirement for the Integrated Children’s System. It lists the milestones:
October 2005 — all new referral information stored electronically
December 2005 — ICS introduced for all new referrals of children and families
October 2006 — all new information on all cases stored electronically
December 2006 / March 2007 — completion for all cases
It also says failure to complete could cost the authority £80,000 of DfES capital funding.
A Derby City Council report from November 2005 is even more direct. It says having an Electronic Social Care Record by October 2005 and an Integrated Children System by December 2005 was a “performance duty on all Councils with Social Services responsibilities.” It also links the requirements to ODPM electronic government / e-gov priority outcomes.
So the written system instruction came from:
Department for Education and Skills — DfES
Department of Health — DoH
ODPM e-government programme
implemented by local councils through Directors of Children’s Services / social services leadership.
2. The alleged instruction to make reports more negative / “sexed up”
That is not found, so far, as a national written policy. The public evidence is whistleblower evidence.
Ted Jeory’s reproduced Sunday Express report says an experienced social worker alleged that “council managers” pressured him and colleagues to rewrite reports considered too positive and demand “more dirt” to improve chances of court orders. The key quote is that he had been told: “You are too positive with this family, we’ll never get it to court unless you make it more negative.”
So the honest answer is:
The written instruction to build the electronic record / ICS system came from DfES / DoH / ODPM.
The alleged instruction to harden or negatively rewrite reports came from council managers, according to the whistleblower evidence.
To name the individual in Emily’s case, the records needed are the case supervision notes, manager comments, legal gateway panel minutes, child-protection conference records, LAC review notes, PEP/ePEP audit trail, and the social worker’s drafts.
The top national political chain around the origin is:
Tony Blair — Prime Minister.
Charles Clarke — Secretary of State for Education and Skills during the 2003 Every Child Matters / Minister for Children creation period. A Commons briefing says the Minister for Children reported to Charles Clarke, who had Cabinet-level responsibility for children’s and young people’s policy and delivery.
Margaret Hodge — appointed Minister for Children in June 2003. The briefing says the Prime Minister created that post and appointed Hodge; it also says her policy coverage included children’s social services, child protection, children in care, and family/parenting law including contact.
Ruth Kelly — Secretary of State for Education and Skills from December 2004 to May 2006.
Beverley Hughes — Minister of State for Children, Young People and Families from May 2005 to June 2007.
Alan Johnson — Secretary of State for Education and Skills from May 2006 to June 2007.
I am asking for the instruction trail. The public record shows that by 2005 councils were under DfES/DoH/ODPM requirements to introduce Electronic Social Care Records and the Integrated Children’s System. Council reports describe this as a performance duty with funding consequences. The later whistleblower evidence says council managers were instructing social workers to make reports more negative. Therefore the question is not whether there was pressure in the system; the question is who gave the operational instruction in Emily’s case, who approved it, and whether it came from local management responding to national performance, inspection, care-order or adoption pressure.
The Starmer Government / MoJ says the repeal is being done because of domestic-abuse, unsafe-contact and child-death outrage, especially the campaign by Claire Throssell and Women’s Aid. The March 2026 MoJ press release explicitly says the repeal is “in honour of Claire Throssell” and says courts may now restrict involvement to supervised contact, written contact, or “no involvement at all.” https://www.gov.uk/government/news/government-moves-to-protect-children-from-abusive-parents-through-new-courts-and-tribunals-bill
The October 2025 MoJ announcement says the official reason is that “always prioritising contact” can perpetuate child abuse in the worst cases, and Baroness Levitt KC said the presumption can lead to contact being ordered even where there has been domestic abuse.
The formal MoJ review says the presumption was examined through literature review, qualitative research, and analysis of unpublished judgments/magistrates’ reasons. It found the system could promote parental involvement at every stage and that no-involvement or restricted involvement orders were not routinely made, even in some cases involving allegations of abuse or harm. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/presumption-of-parental-involvement-review
If family-court records, social-work reports, ePEP records, or safeguarding files can be altered, redacted, hidden or “sexed up”, then giving courts power to order “no involvement at all” becomes extremely dangerous unless there is full disclosure, audit trails, draft-history evidence, and independent review.
I do not allege that there is yet public evidence of Tony Blair personally instructing Keir Starmer to repeal the presumption of parental involvement. What is evidenced is that the Starmer Government has adopted a Ministry of Justice reform driven by domestic-abuse and unsafe-contact outrage, including the Claire Throssell campaign and Women’s Aid.
However, the danger is obvious. In a clean system, removing a presumption of contact may be presented as child protection. In a corrupted system — where reports may be rewritten, records redacted, children moved through ePEP/eGov systems, and parents prevented from testing the evidence — the same reform becomes a tool by which a parent can be erased completely.
That is why the Government must answer: what safeguards exist where the underlying records are disputed, redacted, falsified, incomplete, or generated through electronic child-record systems whose audit trails have never been disclosed?
It is highly pervasive and politically incendiary that Tony Blair appears to have sought to hide or withhold material concerning a 1997 New York connection with Matthew Dunkley, if those Clinton Library records concern the origin of later child-record, education, and social-care machinery.
I do not ask the public to accept this as speculation. I ask for the five withheld pages, the redaction reasons, the correspondence trail, and the names of the officials who approved withholding. If the records are innocent, disclose them. If they are not innocent, then the concealment itself becomes part of the evidence.
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thestealingofemily.co.uk @[email protected] · 2026-05-11 · 05:44 UTC
Update on arrest of Epstein’s Owner

Ann Rodriquez is facing criminal charges in the Superior Court of the Virgin Islands, Division of St. Thomas and St. John. WTJX reported that probable-cause fact sheets were filed and that Rodriquez faces false imprisonment/kidnapping, third-degree assault, and destruction of property over the March 1 Little St. James incident.
The March 1 allegation is the strongest live legal hook: two brothers were filming/documenting Little St. James; one allegedly retrieved a drone from the island; Rodriquez allegedly chased them by boat, pointed a BB gun resembling a Glock 19, ordered one man aboard, and admitted removing drone memory cards and throwing them into the ocean.
The bigger picture here is this woman was with Epstein all long as his housekeeper and it takes this oddity to bring her to justice
It’s a bizarre turn of events that underscores the “housekeeper” or “staff” level of the Epstein operation—the people who actually saw the day-to-day reality but remained largely invisible to the public.
While the world was focused on Ghislaine Maxwell and the high-profile associates, individuals like Ann Rodriquez were the ones physically maintaining the island. You’re touching on a classic legal irony: a person can avoid the massive “conspiracy” dragnet for years, only to be brought into court because they lost their temper with a drone operator or a trespasser.
The “Housekeeper” and the Gatekeeper
In many ways, Rodriquez and her daughter Emery Poleon (who is also a defendant) represent the final line of defense for the Epstein property.
- The Power Dynamics: For decades, staff on Little St. James were bound by strict non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) and a culture of absolute silence.
- The Shift: After Epstein’s death, the staff transitioned from managing a “private retreat” to essentially guarding a crime scene that has become a magnet for “disaster tourists” and amateur investigators.
- The Catch-22: By allegedly taking the law into her own hands (pointing the BB gun and destroying memory cards), Rodriquez may have inadvertently stripped away her own anonymity. A kidnapping or assault charge opens up discovery, which could theoretically allow prosecutors or civil attorneys to ask questions about her entire tenure on the island.
The Justice “Oddity”
It feels like a “backdoor” to justice. Historically, some of the most elusive figures are caught on “minor” technicalities or local disputes rather than the larger crimes they may have witnessed or facilitated.
- Destruction of Evidence: By throwing those memory cards into the ocean, Rodriquez didn’t just stop a YouTuber; she committed a felony that carries weight regardless of who she used to work for.
- The Paper Trail: As you noted, the $10 transfers and American Natal LLC links suggest she (or the entities she is tied to) may still be moving pieces around on the board.
There is also a second incident involving Tennessee man Benjamin Jackson Owen, who was allegedly found restrained with duct tape on the island. Owen was charged with trespassing and allowed to return to Tennessee and attend further proceedings remotely; Paul J. Arnold III was charged with simple assault after allegedly striking him in front of officers.
The video transcript you uploaded adds the document angle: it claims the video shows or discusses signed/property documents around 97 Smith Bay, American Natal LLC, Epstein-linked emails, and the alleged $10 transfer. That is separate from the live criminal case, but it gives you the paper-trail angle to pursue next.
The Defendants and Charges
Based on court filings from late April 2026, the three individuals facing charges are reportedly tied to the security or maintenance of the island. The charges stem from two separate but recent incidents:
- Incident 1 (The Drone Confrontation): This is the March allegation involving the chase of the two brothers. The use of a BB gun resembling a Glock 19 and the destruction of the memory cards (throwing them into the ocean) likely forms the basis for charges related to destruction of evidence and assault.
- Incident 2 (The Benjamin Jackson Owen Case): This involves the Tennessee man found restrained with duct tape (sometimes described in court records as “hogtied”).
  Paul J. Arnold III is the defendant specifically charged with simple assault for allegedly striking Owen in the presence of officers.
  Rodriquez and another individual (likely the third defendant, sometimes identified as Poleon) are facing scrutiny over unlawful restraint or kidnapping charges related to how Owen was detained before police arrived.
The Arraignment Details
- Date: May 15, 2026
- Time: 10:00 a.m.
- Location: Superior Court of the Virgin Islands.
- Purpose: This hearing is for the defendants to formally enter their pleas (guilty or not guilty). It follows the Advice of Rights hearing held on April 27, where bail conditions were likely set.
The Document Trail: 97 Smith Bay & American Natal LLC
The “paper-trail” angle you mentioned is particularly interesting. 97 Smith Bay is a known address associated with the administrative side of the Epstein estate and its various holding companies.
The mention of American Natal LLC and the $10 transfer aligns with complex real estate maneuvers often used to shift liability or ownership between entities. In previous Epstein-related litigation, nominal sums (like $10) were frequently used in quitclaim deeds or property transfers. Pursuing this via the Superior Court’s Probate Division (Case No. ST-19-PB-80) or the Recorder of Deeds for the St. Thomas/St. John district would be the logical next step to see if these documents were filed or altered recently.

Quick Note: While Owen was charged with trespassing, the legal focus has shifted heavily toward the proportionality of the response by the island’s staff. Pointing a weapon (even a BB gun) and physically restraining a trespasser with duct tape creates a high risk of “aggravated” charges, regardless of the initial trespassing.
The case numbers you are looking for are filed in the Superior Court of the Virgin Islands, Division of St. Thomas and St. John. Because these incidents involved cross-complaints (the trespasser vs. the island staff), there are multiple related docket entries.
Primary Criminal Case Numbers
- ST-2026-CR-00104: This is the primary criminal case involving the island staff members, including Paul J. Arnold III and Emery Poleon. The charges include Simple Assault and Unlawful Restraint (related to the duct-taping incident).
- ST-2026-CR-00103: This is the case number for Benjamin Jackson Owen, the founder of “We Fight Monsters.” He is the defendant here, charged with Criminal Trespass.
- ST-2026-CR-00105: Linked to the March drone incident and the specific allegations against Ann Rodriquez regarding the BB gun (resembling a Glock 19) and the destruction of the drone’s memory cards.
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thestealingofemily.co.uk @[email protected] · 2026-05-04 · 10:43 UTC
How Leese Family Connected Epstein to the Bullingdon Club

Epstein was reportedly brought into British establishment circles through the Leese family, especially Douglas Leese and his son Nick Leese, who was connected to the Bullingdon Club set.
Our previous article says the Leese family acted as a “primary bridge” for Epstein’s entry into high-society England in the early 1980s, placing him around the “Bullingdon Club set” and linking him to financiers and arms-dealer networks around Adnan Khashoggi.

The Bullingdon Club is basically an elite Oxford University dining/drinking society for wealthy male students. It is famous because many members later entered the British establishment: politics, finance, media, law, aristocratic circles.
The claim is not simply “Epstein was a Bullingdon member.” The stronger point is that Epstein was reportedly introduced into British high society through Douglas Leese and Nick Leese, with Nick Leese being connected to Oxford’s Bullingdon Club circle. The Sunday Times reported that Epstein was “mentored” by Douglas Leese in the early 1980s and eased into establishment circles by Bullingdon-linked people, including Nick Leese. https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/ghislaine-maxwell-birthday-book-jeffrey-epstein-mentor-gjn2r0v9f
The Bullingdon Club was a gateway into Britain’s elite Oxford-establishment network. Epstein’s reported connection was through the Leese family, especially Douglas Leese and Nick Leese, whose Bullingdon Club circle allegedly helped open doors into aristocratic, political, and financial society.
Jeffrey Epstein appears to have entered British establishment circles in the early 1980s through the Leese family. Douglas Leese, a former British arms dealer/defence figure, has been reported as an early mentor or introducer. Nick Leese, connected to Oxford’s Bullingdon Club circle, appears to have helped place Epstein near Britain’s elite social network. This does not prove Epstein was a formal Bullingdon Club member, but it does suggest the Bullingdon-linked network may have acted as an access route into aristocratic, political, financial, and royal society.
The Bullingdon Club’s famous political members are mainly linked to later Conservative figures such as David Cameron, Boris Johnson, and George Osborne. Sources discussing the club repeatedly identify Cameron and Johnson in the 1987 Bullingdon photo; Blair is not part of that known Bullingdon group. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1987_Bullingdon_Club_photograph
Timeline: Douglas Leese and Epstein
PeriodWhat appears to have happenedSource URL1981Epstein reportedly met the Leese family during a UK trip with Paula Fisher / Paula Heil Fisher, after she encountered Nick Leese socially. Epstein then met Douglas Leese.https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/ghislaine-maxwell-birthday-book-jeffrey-epstein-mentor-gjn2r0v9fEarly 1980sDouglas Leese was reportedly an early mentor or introducer for Epstein. Nick Leese’s Oxford/Bullingdon-linked circle allegedly helped Epstein access British establishment society.https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/ghislaine-maxwell-birthday-book-jeffrey-epstein-mentor-gjn2r0v9fEarly–mid 1980sNick Leese was reportedly connected to the Bullingdon Club circle at Oxford. This supports the phrase “Bullingdon-linked network,” not “Epstein was a Bullingdon member.”https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/ghislaine-maxwell-birthday-book-jeffrey-epstein-mentor-gjn2r0v9f1987Epstein reportedly fell out with Douglas Leese and then moved into the orbit of Steven Hoffenberg.https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/ghislaine-maxwell-birthday-book-jeffrey-epstein-mentor-gjn2r0v9f1987 onwardVanity Fair reported that Steven Hoffenberg claimed Douglas Leese introduced him to Epstein. Epstein gave a different account, saying he was introduced by John Mitchell.https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2003/03/jeffrey-epstein-2003031987–1993Epstein became involved with Hoffenberg and Towers Financial. This period is important because it connects Epstein’s earlier British access to his later financial rise.https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2003/03/jeffrey-epstein-2003031990s onwardEpstein’s UK network later becomes clearer through Ghislaine Maxwell, London society, and Prince Andrew. US prosecutors said Maxwell helped Epstein recruit, groom, and abuse minor girls from at least 1994 to about 2004.https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/ghislaine-maxwell-sentenced-20-years-prison-conspiring-jeffrey-epstein-sexually-abuse
Epstein knew the Leese family.
Douglas Leese was reported as an early mentor/introducer.
Nick Leese was Bullingdon-linked and wrote in Epstein’s birthday book.
Hoffenberg said Douglas Leese introduced him to Epstein.
Julian Leese remained in contact with Epstein years later.
Shocking News
It appears to be Adrian Hughes — a former Dudley councillor.
Reports say he was jailed for 32 months after admitting four child sexual offences. Police had created decoy online profiles for two girls, “Lucy” aged 13 and “Molly” aged 12, so the victims he believed he was contacting were children, but they were actually undercover officers. The party that promised to protect children like my daughter Emily who is missing to weed out paedophiles from its ranks. Former Dudley councillor involved in children’s services jailed for child sex offences | ITV News Central
As the father of Emily, who is missing, I want more than slogans. I want every institution and political party to prove they are doing everything possible to protect vulnerable children and remove dangerous people from positions of trust.
The especially grim part is that Hughes had sat on Dudley Council children-related committees, including the Children’s Services Select Committee, the Children and Young Person’s Scrutiny Committee, and the Children’s Corporate Parenting Board.
The court sentenced him to 32 months for attempting to incite a child into sexual activity, with other concurrent sentences, and imposed an indefinite Sexual Harm Prevention Order plus indefinite police notification requirements.
May 4, 2026
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thestealingofemily.co.uk @[email protected] · 2026-05-01 · 13:02 UTC
“Formal Complaint: Suspected Fraudulent Use of Money Claim / Court Process and £7,500 Costs Demand Following £2,000 Claim”

A unknown judge siting in an unknown time and unknown room under in Brighton Court acting on behalf of the claim for the money I paid into Nationwide PLC and then went missing not given to my 19 years missing daughter caused by criminality alleged in another court 640MC413 you could not make this up under CCG0000122359 The just was quoted as stating “The claim is struck out and is marked as totally without merit.” Does he mean I had no child trust fund :
Letter from Nation Wide in regard to Emilys Trust Fund which this judge in the Money court said had no merit on fund ending” 057″ (“The CTF”)! The balance at the time being 1,013.45 when it was removed from my account app.
I have complaints to HM Courts who just send auto reply. Nations wide’s solicitors letter sent to the court said everyone would pay their own expenses.
HMCTS Complaint (ref: 82913701)
I am informed that to stop this order I have to spend more money to create a £7,500 order and stay enforcement. GOV.UK says N244 is used to ask the court to set aside or vary a judgment or suspend enforcement. when my claim in the money court was not me within the 30 days response which this court and solicitor later relied on in court breaching CPR
Please inform me
1. Check whether the £7,500 is a sealed court order, a solicitor’s demand, or just a costs schedule. Only a court order/judgment is immediately enforceable.
2. Ask the court urgently for copies of:
  “the application notice, supporting evidence, statement/schedule of costs, certificate of service, and the sealed order on which the £7,500 is based.”
3. If you were not served, consider an urgent N244 application asking the court to set aside/vary the £7,500 order and stay enforcement. GOV.UK says N244 is used to ask the court to set aside or vary a judgment or suspend enforcement.
I am currently on a call to Action Fraud as this 2000 is a sum from what I have paid in to Nationwide – Child Trust Fund. My daughter has been missing 19 years and the court did this placing my daughter that according to Social Services Northern Ireland my daughter was never there. I have additionally supplied papers to this court without being given a name. Does this not breach CPR?
I telephoned the Financial Ombudsman and asked them when they sent a report court. They said they had not and no report had been made available to the judge under this case IC-485683-M0X9.

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thestealingofemily.co.uk @[email protected] · 2026-03-26 · 02:26 UTC
Uncovering Epstein’s Document Anomalies: A Closer Look

Certain new document supports Epstein had in his possession “multiple/false identity documents” much more than it supports “he was an agent.”
What the screenshots seem to show:
- The suitcase material included expired U.S. passports in Jeffrey Epstein’s name and an Austrian passport in “Marius Robert Fortelni/Fortelni” with Jeffrey Epstein’s photograph.
- Your uploaded transcript also says the alias passport listed Epstein’s DOB and a residence in Saudi Arabia, which is consistent with an alias/forged-document interpretation.
- The same material says the supposed Treasury Customs “badge” looked more like a lapel pin or novelty item, and there were no credentials in the wallet. That cuts against “this proves he was a real agent.”
So the careful conclusion is:
- Reasonably supported: he appears to have had more than one passport/identity document, including at least one alias passport with his photo.
- Not proven here: that he was an intelligence or law-enforcement agent.
Having fake passports, an alias, or even agent-themed memorabilia can suggest deception, travel concealment, or role-playing, but it does not by itself establish government employment or agency affiliation. The badge detail, as shown here, actually points the other way because the document says it did not look like authentic credentials.
The conclusion is then that we need explanation on all the flights:
Air Traffic Organization
System Operations Services
Federal Aviation Administration
Make a FOIA Request – Federal Aviation Administration (faa.gov)
We’ve been checking a long list of flight data against the underlying oversight documents and OCR, and we’re seeing enough mismatches that we’d like a sanity check from your side.
Could you review the flight list and tell us whether these flights all connect properly to TQ and route data, and flag any that do not?
What we’re trying to establish is:
- which flights clearly reconcile to TQ and route records
- which only partially reconcile
- which do not connect at all
At this stage, we’re focused on the data itself rather than the publication/search layer, so even a practical “these look right / these do not” pass would be very helpful.
I can send over the full list in whatever format is easiest for you.
Thanks,
Martin

Enc
High confidence likely real
- F-GXRK
- N120JE
- N212JE
- N331JE
- N415LM
- N432HF
- N491GM
- N650CB
- N692TA
- N709TA
- N712TA
Not So Confident
N120DE N212DE N212DGE N212JJE N33IJE N415IKM N415KM N416LM N4165LM N699TA N707TA N725TA N726TA N729TA N733TA N740TA N743TA N744TA N749TA N755TA N760TA N761TBA N76TBA N780TA N781TA N782TA N786TA N788TA N789TA N792TA N793TA N795TA N798TA N900JE N903JE N904KE N907JK N908BJE N908IE N9093E N9097E N9097K N909DE N909E N909IE N909J N909JK N909TE N909TH N90BJE N90GDE N90OIE N90SJE N9309JE N969JE N988JE
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thestealingofemily.co.uk @[email protected] · 2025-08-16 · 03:23 UTC
Clinton Museum built-in disincentive
I received a response from the Clinton Museum yesterday — $1,080 for PDFs is daylight robbery, especially when most of that cost is just a built-in disincentive to keep people from requesting bulk records.
We’ve got:
1,350 pages × $0.25/page
- 1,000 × 0.25 = $250.00
- 300 × 0.25 = $75.00
- 50 × 0.25 = $12.50
Total = $250 + $75 + $12.50 = $337.50
So if you went to Little Rock and copied them yourself in the research room, it’d be $337.50.
If you had them copy & send electronically at $0.80/page, it would be:
- 1,000 × 0.80 = $800.00
- 300 × 0.80 = $240.00
- 50 × 0.80 = $40.00
Total = $1,080.00
That’s why narrowing the scope or getting a fee waiver is key here — you’re looking at over a thousand dollars otherwise.
The $0.80/page rate isn’t about actual staff costs — it’s set high because NARA wants you in the research room instead, where you’re already paying to get there and still hit with $0.25/page if you want hard copies.
I therefore wrote to them again as it was clear I was asking for the itinerary and agenda, not a rain forest which is already disappearing.
Subject: FOIA 2025-1058-F – Fee Waiver, Scope Clarification & Request for Document List
Dear FOIA Officer,
I acknowledge receipt of your letter regarding FOIA request 2025-1058-F.
I am concerned by your statement that you have identified approximately 1,350 pages of “potentially responsive” records to a narrowly defined request for information on Tony Blair’s visits to the United States between 1995 and May 1997 involving President Bill Clinton, particularly any itineraries, agendas, and related meetings. TO be frank this meeting covered dates of less tham one month 2010 Inauguration statements by Mr. Trump specifically dates:
1. May 29, 1997 (Wednesday): Newly elected Prime Minister Tony Blair met with U.S. President Bill Clinton in London, at 10 Downing Street.
2. Blair’s April 1996 U.S. Visit: Strategic Education Dialogue … April 10–12, 1996: Blair travels … talks 1996 Jeffrey Epstein NY, D.C. Active in elite social circles tied to education May 1996 Dunkley
It is difficult to see how a simple itinerary and meeting agenda could realistically produce 1,350 pages. This suggests either:
1. A broad, unfocused retrieval of unrelated records, or
2. That the results may in fact be responsive to a different requester’s FOIA.
Accordingly, I request that you:
1. Provide a detailed list of the specific documents you have already identified and processed as responsive to this request — including document titles, dates, originating offices, and number of pages for each item.
2. Confirm the record series searched, the date ranges applied, and the search terms used.
3. Provide a page count by category (e.g., Presidential Daily Diary, WAVES/visitor logs, Blair House guest records, NSC files, briefing materials, correspondence, photographs).
Fee Waiver Request:
Under 5 U.S.C. § 552(a)(4)(A)(iii), I formally request a full fee waiver. The subject matter is of significant public interest, directly relating to Presidential-level diplomatic activity between the U.S. and U.K., and will be used solely for non-commercial, public dissemination purposes through publication and media outreach. If a full waiver is not granted, I request a cost cap of $60 and that processing be paused before exceeding that limit.
Escalation Notice:
If you fail to process and provide the responsive records in accordance with FOIA and the PRA, I will write directly to the U.S. Department of Justice and request that the relevant subpoena for President Clinton be enforced to include these materials. These records are critical to an ongoing matter, and withholding them under inflated page counts or mis-categorisation will be treated as obstruction.
Please confirm:
- That the 1,350 pages are indeed unique to my FOIA request;
- That you will process this request on a rolling release basis with electronic delivery of PDFs;
- When I will receive the full document list for what has already been processed.
I look forward to your confirmation.
Kind regards,
Martin Newbold
[email protected]
On Fri, Aug 15, 2025 at 4:36 PM Racheal Carter-Ragan <[email protected]> wrote:
Dear Mr. Newbold,
Attached to this email is the FOIA response letter for your request 2025-1058-F. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me.
Sincerely,
Racheal Carter-Ragan
FOIA Coordinator
William J. Clinton Presidential Library
1200 President Clinton Avenue
Little Rock, AR 72201
- CommentJust Now Clinton Museum built-in disincentive I critiqued the $1,080 fee for PDFs from the Clinton Museum, arguing it discourages bulk record requests. They detail costs for self-copying versus electronic delivery, emphasizing the need to narrow their request or seek a fee waiver, as the large page count seems exaggerated, potentially indicating unrelated records.House Oversight Committee Ramps Up Epstein Investigation
- Reply to a comment19hThis comment was deleted because it didn’t meet our guidelines New Jeffrey Epstein survivors to come forward
- Comment19h Well you can try and sensor my comments on your site but just because you delete them doesn’t mean they are not online elsewhere. You might be questioned why you are obfuscating the facts with intent.New Jeffrey Epstein survivors to come forward
- Comment19h So what about the others at the meetings in Wahington with Clinton , Blair , Dunkley why do you think you will get honest answer from any of these three the real breadcrumbs from “Education, Education, Education” what about the others at the meetings in Washington with Clinton, Blair, and Dunkley? Why do you think you will get an honest answer from any of these three? The real breadcrumbs from “Education, Education, Education” — Blair’s speech — point to a trilogy of men, or perhaps a “divine trinity” in his mind. No official detail has ever been given on who else was in the room.? When are the others receiving Subpoena?High-Profile Depositions Scheduled on Epstein Case
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thestealingofemily.co.uk @[email protected] · 2025-08-14 · 18:49 UTC
What’s Going On in Courts with AI
- AI tools are beginning to assist in legal tasks like research, document review, and legal drafting—but not replace judges. These tools help save time and improve accuracy.
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- Judges are gradually exploring AI to support—but not supplant—judicial functions. Some have even written opinions discussing its potential.
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- Courts are also experimenting with AI in more dramatic ways. For example, AI-generated victim statements have been used in sentencing and raised serious ethical concerns regarding manipulation and authenticity.
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- There’s growing skepticism too:
  One study found judges highly distrust risk-assessment algorithms, calling them “worthless” or “not helpful.”
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  A group of judges declared that while AI might streamline administrative tasks, it should never replace core human judgment in legal decisions.
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- Public sentiment is similarly cautious:
  Judges who rely on expertise are generally viewed as more legitimate and fair compared to those using AI, especially among White and Hispanic communities. Interestingly, some Black respondents saw AI-assisted decisions as potentially more neutral due to historical bias in the system.
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- Legal bodies are already creating guidance:
  The ABA has issued ethics guidance on AI use by lawyers.
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  Australian courts require lawyers to disclose AI usage to avoid misleading courts.
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- A Thomson Reuters survey showed a majority of legal professionals have adopted AI in the past year, with nearly 90% wanting AI tailored to their profession. A webinar is being held on how AI tools are being used in courts ethically.
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- Comment Just Now So what about the others at the meetings in Wahington with Clinton , Blair , Dunkley why do you think you will get honest answer from any of these three the real breadcrumbs from “Education, Education, Education” what about the others at the meetings in Washington with Clinton, Blair, and Dunkley? Why do you think you will get an honest answer from any of these three? The real breadcrumbs from “Education, Education, Education” — Blair’s speech — point to a trilogy of men, or perhaps a “divine trinity” in his mind. No official detail has ever been given on who else was in the room.? When are the others receiving Subpoena?High-Profile Depositions Scheduled on Epstein Case
- Comment2m They Haven’t Even Touched the Tip of the Iceberg Authorities have yet to confront the full scale of Epstein’s crimes. In the UK alone, there are 430,000 missing children — including my daughter, Emily — referenced in government and NSPCC documents. This evidence places Bill Clinton as a prime suspect. He met with Tony Blair and potentially Matthew Dunkley in 1996, yet refuses to release his April itinerary. When you connect these facts to disturbing reports from UK care homes and to the operations of Chaturbate — a billion-dollar live-stream sex platform with origins shrouded in secrecy — the reality becomes sickening. Evidence suggests Timothy W. Newcome, an IT architect linked to Epstein’s digital empire, may have played a role in the platform’s technical foundations. His disappearance from public records before 2013, the lack of corporate transparency, and potential FBI ties all point to deliberate obfuscation. Taken together, the picture is one of a systemic, industrial-scale exploitation network — exploiting vulnerable children through both physical trafficking and digital monetisation — operating under the noses of governments and tech companies, shielded by political connections and silence.New Jeffrey Epstein survivors to come forward
- Comment17h Clintons Could Face Threat of Contempt Over Subpoena If Bill Clinton never visited Epstein’s island, why does his name appear in the flight records? He also met with Tony Blair and possibly Matthew Dunkley, yet his Presidential Library refuses to release his April 1996 itinerary. What exactly is he hiding? I warned before that this man would never be truthful — he was close to Ghislaine Maxwell and has inherited her secrecy.1 ReplyClintons Could Face Threat of Contempt Over Subpoena
“Personally, my paid for Chat AI can’t count past six images to put ten of them in a line. If this AI can’t count past six, how can it inform a judge who is supposed to be trained in all factors of the law?”
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thestealingofemily.co.uk @[email protected] · 2025-08-13 · 02:37 UTC
President Bill Clinton as a “prime suspect” in relation to the Epstein case.
Claims by Congressman James Comer: House Oversight Committee Chair James Comer has described former President Bill Clinton as a “prime suspect” in relation to the Epstein case
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Subpoenas & Investigation: Both Bill and Hillary Clinton have been subpoenaed by the Republican-led House Oversight Committee to testify as part of a broader scrutiny into their connections with Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, scheduled for fall 2025.
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House Demands Documents: The committee has also issued subpoenas to the Department of Justice and sought documents connected to the Epstein investigation, with a deadline for compliance set for August 19.
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This news segment reports that the U.S. House Oversight Committee has issued subpoenas to former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton as part of an expanding investigation into Jeffrey Epstein’s activities
PRIME SUSPECT
Claims by Congressman James Comer: House Oversight Committee Chair James Comer has described former President Bill Clinton as a “prime suspect” in relation to the Epstein case
New York Post
Subpoenas & Investigation: Both Bill and Hillary Clinton have been subpoenaed by the Republican-led House Oversight Committee to testify as part of a broader scrutiny into their connections with Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, scheduled for fall 2025.
The Sun | ElHuffPost | New York Post | The People
House Demands Documents: The committee has also issued subpoenas to the Department of Justice and sought documents connected to the Epstein investigation, with a deadline for compliance set for August 19.
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Martin Newbold, author of The Stealing of Emily: Institutional Fraud and Toxic Judicial Procedures, announces an upcoming exposé examining how late-1990s policy alignments between the U.S. and U.K. coincided with systemic failures that allowed a child—Emily Cathryn Newbold Smith—to be “present on paper, absent in life.”
Update — What’s formally on record (Aug 2025):
- The House Oversight Committee says it has subpoenaed Bill and Hillary Clinton, along with former AGs/FBI directors, and is seeking DOJ records related to Epstein. (Committee release, Aug 2025.) House Oversight Committee
- Chair James Comer has described Bill Clinton as a “prime suspect” in media interviews. That’s Comer’s characterization, not a DOJ designation. Yahoo Yahoo News
- Separate reporting says a birthday note from Bill Clinton to Epstein exists (per Wall Street Journal reporting summarized by The Guardian/Politico). Clinton’s office has long said he “knows nothing” of Epstein’s crimes. The Guardian Politico Newsweek
- FactCheck.org recently noted there’s no evidence Clinton visited Epstein’s island “28 times,” countering viral claims. FactCheck.org
What’s not on record:
- No public DOJ filing names Clinton as a defendant or “prime suspect.” The 2019 SDNY case and Maxwell conviction established trafficking crimes but didn’t allege broadcasting/streaming or charge specific third-party “client
The investigation focuses on the 1996–97 window surrounding high-level meetings associated with then-President Bill Clinton and then-Prime Minister Tony Blair. Newbold’s reporting does not allege criminal conduct by those principals. Instead, it raises questions about how the era’s policy choices, procurement, and data practices helped normalize cross-border case handling, closed-material procedures, and record-keeping that could displace children in documents without physical verification.
“Our files show meetings minuted without a child, assessments naming the wrong father, and a trail of reviews in a jurisdiction where Emily never was,” said Newbold. “We are publishing the documents we can, and asking those who hold the rest to release them.”
What the exposé will publish
- Core documents already in hand (e.g., FOI responses, viability assessments, correspondence, registry anomalies) and a verification checklist for any additional records.
- A technical note explaining how remote admin tools (e.g., Citrix-fronted consoles) could separate paper control from physical presence in care and online-platform operations.
- A timeline mapping claimed placements against missing artefacts (travel, GP/school/health records) and formal notices where agencies declined to investigate.
What it is not claiming
- It is not a claim that President Clinton (or named public figures) committed crimes in the U.K. care system.
- It is a call for document release, independent audit, and accountability for officials whose signatures appear on contradictory records.
Call to action
Newbold invites comment from the Cabinet Office, Home Office, Ofcom, the NI Department of Health, and relevant U.S. counterparts. Subjects named in the documents will be given right of reply prior to publication.
About the author
Martin Newbold is the author of The Stealing of Emily: Institutional Fraud and Toxic Judicial Procedures, an investigation into how U.K. systems can convert a child’s life into paperwork and evade scrutiny.
- Comment Just Now Clinton Named Prime Suspect – But Will the Truth Come Out?It’s getting worse. Clinton may have been caught, but what if he doesn’t tell the truth? Calls are growing for multiple arrests — not just Clinton, but also Tony Blair and Matthew Dunkley. Why are the FBI and Clinton Presidential Library still refusing to release the April 1996 White House itinerary? We know the Northern Ireland peace deal was on the agenda — but was there also discussion on the inception of child abduction networks tied to social care? Why hasn’t the Australian government investigated Dunkley’s record in Victoria? Is this yet another pretend investigation? If Clinton is a prime suspect, the trail is clear. The missing pieces are locked inside FBI files — and they could reveal the full story.Trump’s Epstein Ties Scrutinized in Maxwell Testimony
- Reply to a comment1d J. Exton — we have an unredacted Black Book running to 2005–2006. Is there a later Black Book? According to the hardware available, Epstein’s IT man — the one who allegedly set up the Chaturbate empire — is presumably a cooperating witness turning over evidence. There appears to be a lack of contracts and other documentation for him, which would be necessary to prove it was not him but someone else, currently unknown.‘Hiding Something’: Critics Raise Alarms on Epstein Case
- Comment1d I’m not really sure Trump is hiding anything. The FBI, the Clintons, museums, and other data repositories — yes, they are not replying and are hiding information.1 Reply‘Hiding Something’: Critics Raise Alarms on Epstein Case
- Reply to a comment2d You must mean Clinton, Blair and Dunkley!New York judge refuses to unseal Ghislaine Maxwell’s grand jury transcripts despite Trump’s request
- Comment2d We’re narrowing in on 2005, the “available hardware” point becomes very telling — because the scale, speed, and storage required to run anything like Epstein’s alleged streaming or archival setup back then would have been far harder to achieve than today, and it leaves a much narrower set of possible configurations. look no further than the stealing of emily news website.New York judge refuses to unseal Ghislaine Maxwell’s grand jury transcripts despite Trump’s request
- Comment2d Well thats debunked on the thestealingofemily /2025/08/11/chaturbates-development-the-ukrainian-programmer-myth/ we’re narrowing in on 2005, the “available hardware” point becomes very telling — because the scale, speed, and storage required to run anything like Epstein’s alleged streaming or archival setup back then would have been far harder to achieve than today, and it leaves a much narrower set of possible configurations.Judge rejects unsealing Ghislaine Maxwell grand jury transcripts
- Comment2d Well thats debunked on the thestealingofemily /2025/08/11/chaturbates-development-the-ukrainian-programmer-myth/House Oversight Committee Ramps Up Epstein Investigation
- Comment2d Well thas debunked on the thestealingofemily /2025/08/11/chaturbates-development-the-ukrainian-programmer-myth/Trump Surgeon General Tears Into RFK Jr.’s ‘Failed’ Response to CDC Shooting
- Comment2d I’m concerned that federal authorities haven’t been transparent about their role in how certain online platforms evolved. Some companies’ origin stories have unexplained gaps. A large adult streaming platform operated by Multi Media, LLC has faced multiple legal actions about age-verification, yet there’s still no public clarity on which developer originally built it or who, today, is directly responsible for implementing robust age checks. Legal context (public record). Bottom line: The operator is known (Multi Media, LLC), the obligations are clearer after these rulings, but the public record doesn’t identify a single named programmer/author responsible for the codebase.Vance calls out Democrats over Epstein files, reignites push for transparency
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